the director of the food and environment program. marian necessary he will professor of public health at new york university. thank you all for being here. >> thank you. >>> this is a tough one for me. i have been trying to read in -- i have a thousand books on the table today trying to think through it. marian, let me start with you. dhou we balance between our very real concerns about genetically modified foods on the one hand and our -- the realities that gmos seem to create really positive impacts on the other. >> i don't see any problem with reconciling it. i was on the food advisory committee of the fda in 1994 when the fda approved gmos. as a consumer advocate on that committee, we said go ahead, try it. but for heavens sake label it. consumers need a choice, consumers want a choice. if you don't label it, you're going to raise all kinds much questions about what are you trying to hide. i think they're trying to hide plenty. that's really what the problem is. >> what do you -- do you agree, they're trying to hide something? >>